*LONG REVIEW ALERT*I picked up a pair of these pickups mainly for the price and looks, to be perfectly honest, as I had a limited build budget and figured I could swallow the cost if they sucked and I ended up getting something else. I installed them into an early 00's Epiphone 7-string Les Paul with a busted nut (ha!) that turned into a whole...project thing.I've got them currently wired as standard humbuckers with plans for push-pull splits later. I was shocked at the output from this set, I really didn't expect them to sound so good for the price. With tones and volumes at 10 the pickups are LOUD but can be backed off a bit on the volume and the sound cleans up nicely. Both pups sound great individually or together in middle position - rhythm is round and full, bridge BARKS, for lack of a better description. I did find i had to dial in a bit more mid on my amp or Guitar Rig to get some definition in my preferred sound but given the target market of 7-string pickups this is not unusual.I got a decent comparison against a name brand when I acquired another Les Paul, same model, very close serial, but with SD Nazgul/Sentient installed. I did a side-by-side of both the Artecs and Seymours, and as expected the SDs were: more defined, just as loud, but needed some bass rolled off to be usable in a rock/blues setting.They also cost about 10x the price of these pickups.In the photo the Artecs are on the black 7-string, the brown one has the Seymours. I did end up switching coil wiring on the bridge pickup so I could have the cream tops facing the same orientation. Made literally no difference in sound, but I'll be doing push-pull switching later to add tone options - these do come with split wiring.I'm on the hunt for more 7-string oddities like these Les Pauls, and would not hesitate to order another set of Artecs for them.